The Ringer’s Ben Lindbergh and Michael Baumann discuss the leveling out of the infield shift (03:00), the significance of the Dodgers’ pursuit of the all-time regular-season wins record (14:30), and the team’s playoff outlook (22:00). Then they talk about the latest phase of the Alex Rodriguez redemption saga (32:00), a report about Dave Dombrowski being barred from trading Boston’s top prospects (40:30), the Orioles’ refusal to spend on the international market (49:00), and, with an assist from FanGraphs’ Jeff Sullivan and Baseball Prospectus’s Meg Rowley, a late-breaking update on what Jerry Dipoto did (55:00).
Ben is a writer, podcaster, and editor who covers culture and sports. He hosts ‘Effectively Wild’ at FanGraphs and previously wrote for FiveThirtyEight and Grantland, served as editor-in-chief of Baseball Prospectus, and authored ‘The MVP Machine’ and ‘The Only Rule Is It Has to Work.’
